The U.S. Will Win Their Group at Brazil 2014

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Once again, the U.S. will win their group at the World Cup in 2014.

In all honesty, the team should have won their group in South Africa handily, but were denied a win against Slovenia for a still unknown reason when Maurice Edu's apparent game-winner was ruled out for...well, you tell me.

But I digress. The Klinsmann formula for Germany in 2006 was to underachieve heavily before the tournament, thus creating a siege mentality within the squad as the press and the public wrote them off.

This created the necessary bond in the team that when the Cup began, they unleashed several masterful performances and earned the respect of their country (who were the host nation).

Since I've already predicted that they will struggle in qualifiers, I'll go the full distance on this prediction and say that Klinsmann will pull the team together just in the nick before the World Cup and inspire them to win their group in back-to-back tournaments for the first time ever.

No predictions as far as where they get, though; I'll save that one for another time.

An American Will Play for Bayern Munich Again

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This prediction has less to do with Klinsmann as it does with the number of German-Americans on the team.

Of that group (and it's a talented group), I think one of them will eventually be bought by the Bavarian giants and will hopefully fare better than Landon Donovan did during his short loan there a few seasons ago (when Klinsmann was coach).

My money is on Fabian Johnson, the 24-year-old left back who has shown so much ability in his short time with the U.S. team.